Russia bans Vladimir Putin memes that mock him

Russian government watchdog Roskomnadzor has banned memes that “do not represent the personality” of the celebrities they mock, such as those which lampoon Vladimir Putin.

In a message posted to Russian social media site VKontake, it was clarified that using images of celebrities in such a way harms the “honour, dignity and business of public figures”.

According to The Russian Post, a person can report an offending image to Roskomnadzor, who will then give the website the option of blocking the offending content, or have its entire site blocked across the country!

Linked below are a few galleries of some of the finest Putin memes…just in case we don’t get to see anything new for a while.